Honouring community
In her recently published book, Shalom Uganda: A Jewish Community on the Equator, Vancouverite Janice Masur writes about her life in Kampala, Uganda, where she moved as a child of 5 and stayed until the age of 17 in 1961,…
Arts & Culture
Dancing with purpose
Vanessa Goodman (photo by David Cooper) One could be forgiven for thinking there was a Jewish dance festival coming up, as there are so many community members participating in this year’s Dancing on the Edge, which takes place July 2-11.…
The festival must go on
SD Holman, artistic and executive director of the Queer Arts Festival, which takes place July 16-26. (photo from QAF) “Since the very beginning, I said not doing the festival was not an option … because my belief is that they…
Poet writes of world events
Lillian Boraks-Nemetz has a new poetry compilation, called Out of the Dark, which will be released by Ronsdale Press in the fall. (photo from Lillian Boraks-Nemetz) The death in late May of George Floyd, while he was pinned down on the…
Political art of living
Avram Finkelstein will be participating in the Queer Arts Festival, which takes place July 16-26. (photo by Alina Oswald) A lot of it feels familiar, said New York-based artist and activist Avram Finkelstein about the current situation in the United States.…
Goosefeather book set to launch
Storyteller Naomi Eliana Pommier Steinberg’s years-long Goosefeather journey has taken her around the world. This photo was taken in Paris in 2015. (photo © lineka) A travelogue of observations and experiences from the unique to the mundane, the personal to…
Big Sister available for rental
Those who missed the Vancouver performances of Deborah Vogt’s Big Sister, which is performed by her real-life sister, Naomi Vogt, can rent it online until June 11. (photo from JW3) Former Vancouverite Deborah Vogt’s play Big Sister is available to…
Song of healing is a hit
Israeli artists Yair Levi and Shai Sol sing Moses’s prayer to heal his sister Miriam of leprosy. The song, “Refa Na,” has resonated with people during the pandemic. The song “Refa Na” (“Heal Her Now’”) by Israeli composer Yair Levi,…
Surviving the Gulag
Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women’s Voices from the Gulag by Monika Zgustova (Other Press, 2020) is the first book to focus exclusively on women who lived in the Gulag. It is an intimate look at nine women,…
Old and new favourite songs
The Burying Ground core duo is Woody Forster and Devora Laye, centre. On their newest album, they are joined by, left to right, Clara Rose, Joshua Doherty and Wynston Minckler. (photo by Mary Matheson) The Burying Ground had a busy…
